Thursday, 8 February 2018

I would like to own one but I have no place to put it

Running around rural Alberta you sometimes see grain elevators on farms. I believe there used to be over three thousand grain elevators in Alberta. The grain elevators you see on farms were usually moved there from small towns or rail sidings, often not from places close by. This one is north of Andrew, Alberta on December 31, 2017. No idea where it came from. It cannot be easy moving one of these. Grain elevators were very sturdily built. To me it is a neat sight seeing them in places you do not expect to see them.

I'm wondering why someone would need a grain elevator at the farm? Maybe to store the grain until they could get a better price? But then it still has to be transported to market.. Elevators next to the railroad tracks & elevators next to the Columbia river I can understand.